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Tokyo, capital of Japan, is one of the world's biggest and most overcrowded cities. Men known as 'pushers' are employed to pack people onto the city's trains. Tokyo is the seat of the Japanese government, home of the Emperor of Japan and is the...

Sweden is the 3rd largest EU country in land area, after France and Spain. The official name of Sweden is ‘The Kingdom of Sweden’. The official language of the country is Swedish. Swedish men are very tall. The strongest girl in the...

Mexico City is the largest city in the world. It was built on the site of the ancient city of Tenochtitlán. Mexico is the fourteenth largest country in the world,and the fifth largest in the Americas. It is also the most populated Spanish speaking...

Settled by early Polynesians around 500 AD, Hawaii was discovered by Englishman Captain James Cook in 1778. Christian missionaries came in 1820. Hawaii remained under native rule until 1893, when it became the Republic of Hawaii and, in 1900, became a...

Poland is the 6th most populous and the 6th largest of the European Union's 27 member states. The highest point in Poland is Rysy in the Tatra Mountains (2,499m). Geographically, Poland is not in the Eastern Europe. It is in the very centre of...

Interesting England facts

September 6, 2009 | In: Countries facts

England is the second largest economy in Europe. It is the fifth largest economy in the world. London used to be the largest and most influential city in the world. With a population of 12 million, it remains the largest city in Europe. The...

Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world. Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined. Israel has one of the the highest percentages in the world of home computers per...

The Vatican is the world's smallest fully independent nation-state. The literacy percentage is hundred percent and the languages spoken by the people of Vatican City are Latin, Italian, French and English. The Vatican City issues its own...

USA facts

August 31, 2009 | In: Countries facts

The Mississippi-Missouri is the longest river in the USA. One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. Estimated population of US in 2006 was 299,398,484. Out of which 24.6% were under 18 years of age and 12.4% over 65 years of age. Around...

Brazil has been a Colony, an Empire, a Republic and has been under the Military rule . Today is a democratic nation. Almost 200 million people live in Brazil. This makes it the fifth largest country in the world in terms of...

The official name of Greece is the Hellenic Republic.Its civilization started about 2,500 years ago. There are about 1400 islands in Greece. However, only a few hundred of them are inhabited.Crete is the largest island. The maritime fleet of...

Japan is 70% mountains. Japan is made up of over 6000 islands. Japan has about 1,500 earthquakes each year. Coffee is very popular and Japan imports approximately 85% of Jamaica's annual coffee production. Life expectancy in Japan is one of...